There were tables in all romms with coffee, tea, water, morning donuts, afternoon snacks, so we were always fed.Happy hour was about 5:30 to 7:00 or whenever, no booze provided, but soft drinks were (cash bar) Vendors were welcome and were in the lobby and designated areas.

Fannie/Freddie would not be affected but FHA, VA loans would.The house bill to continue paying the military is expected to easily pass in the senate this afternoon so in all likelihood members of the armed forces will continue to get paid.

Auction ends Monday afternoon.

After spending 10's of hours messing with several different lenders, I ended up spending an afternoon going one by one to the websites of my local banks and credit unions.

Lender - advise you to select a lender with verified 203k experience; the lender is the quarterback in the process, controlling the rules, paperwork, processes, procedures, and if the lender does not have sufficient experience with the 203k, your entire process can look like the Cleveland Browns on a Sunday afternoon. 203k Consultant - The 203k Consultant determines the scope of work and pricing for the project and inspects the completed work; the lender is responsible for selecting the 203k Consultant (refer to Lender paragraph above). 

Good Afternoon Biggerposskets crew.  

However, I think you could still use that to your favor such as stating that you will forego that fee if they let you do monitored open houses on several Saturday afternoons.

Having seen most of Europe I was impressed with Graz Austria & had a few beers one afternoon while there with an old German WWII Luftwaffe pilot who told me they would drop their bombs way outside the town to avoid damaging it. 

Two trips to the title company and I finally closed this afternoon!

I did it on a Monday morning, Friday afternoon and then Saturday night (If you don't have it in you to walk around the neighborhood Satuday night after 11PM I completely understand) and then Sunday afternoon.